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Grey Cup
The Grey Cup (in French: Coupe Grey) is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team.
It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 4 million. The 2006 Grey Cup game was held in Winnipeg on November 19, 2006, where the BC Lions defeated the Montreal Alouettes 25-14. The 2007 Grey Cup game will be held in Toronto on November 25, 2007.
History
In 1909, the Grey Cup was donated by the then Governor General of Canada, the Earl Grey, to recognize the top amateur rugby football team in Canada.
By this time Canadian football had become markedly different from the rugby football from which it developed. Over time, the Grey Cup became the property of the Canadian Football League as it evolved into a professional football league. |
Amateur teams ceased competing for the Cup by 1954; since 1965, the top amateur teams, playing in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), have competed for the Vanier Cup.
The Grey Cup has long served as an unofficial Canadian fall festival generating a large amount of national media coverage, celebration and fan interest from coast to coast. Many fans travel from across the country to partake in the week of festivities that lead up to the game. Historians date the carnival-like activities associated with the game back to 1948, when fans of the Calgary Stampeders dressed in western gear, square danced, flipped flapjacks, partied in the streets of Toronto and rode a horse through the lobby of the posh Royal York Hotel.
The Grey Cup has been broken several times. The trophy was broken in 1978 when Tom Wilkinson and Danny Kepley dropped it, and in 1987 when a celebrating Edmonton Eskimos player sat on it. It was again broken in 1993 when it was head-butted by Edmonton's Blake Dermott. During the victory celebration immediately following the 94th Grey Cup game in 2006, the winning BC Lions accidentally broke the cup from its base, which contains the engraved names of the players on each years' winning team. It was repaired the following Monday. Other notable events include a 1947 fire which almost destroyed the trophy and a 1969 theft in which the trophy was held for ransom.
In November 2006, the CFL confirmed that they were entertaining offers from corporate partners for the naming rights of the Grey Cup. Though the naming rights would apply to the Grey Cup championship game and not the trophy itself, many objected to the idea, claiming that the league should not compromise a national historic treasure for short-term profit.
Grey Cup game results since 1990
| Date | Winning team | Losing team | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 25, 1990 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (10) | 50 | Edmonton Eskimos | 11 | BC Place Stadium - Vancouver |
| November 24, 1991 | Toronto Argonauts (12) | 36 | Calgary Stampeders | 21 | Winnipeg Stadium - Winnipeg |
| November 29, 1992 | Calgary Stampeders (3) | 24 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 10 | SkyDome - Toronto |
| November 28, 1993 | Edmonton Eskimos (11) | 33 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 23 | McMahon Stadium - Calgary |
| November 27, 1994 | British Columbia Lions (3) | 26 | Baltimore CFLers | 23 | BC Place Stadium - Vancouver |
| November 19, 1995 | Baltimore Stallions | 37 | Calgary Stampeders | 20 | Taylor Field, Regina |
| November 24, 1996 | Toronto Argonauts (13) | 43 | Edmonton Eskimos | 37 | Ivor Wynne Stadium - Hamilton |
| November 16, 1997 | Toronto Argonauts (14) | 47 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 23 | Commonwealth Stadium - Edmonton |
| November 22, 1998 | Calgary Stampeders (4) | 26 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 24 | Winnipeg Stadium - Winnipeg |
| November 28, 1999 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (14) | 32 | Calgary Stampeders | 21 | BC Place Stadium - Vancouver |
| November 26, 2000 | British Columbia Lions (4) | 28 | Montreal Alouettes | 26 | McMahon Stadium - Calgary |
| November 25, 2001 | Calgary Stampeders (5) | 27 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 19 | Olympic Stadium - Montreal |
| November 24, 2002 | Montreal Alouettes (5) | 25 | Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | Commonwealth Stadium - Edmonton |
| November 16, 2003 | Edmonton Eskimos (12) | 34 | Montreal Alouettes | 22 | Taylor Field - Regina |
| November 21, 2004 | Toronto Argonauts (15) | 27 | British Columbia Lions | 19 | Frank Clair Stad. at Lansdowne Park - Ottawa |
| November 27, 2005 | Edmonton Eskimos (13) | 38 | Montreal Alouettes | 35 | BC Place Stadium - Vancouver |
| November 19, 2006 | British Columbia Lions (5) | 25 | Montreal Alouettes | 14 | Canad Inns Stadium - Winnipeg |
Win/Loss records
| Team | Wins | Losses | Total | Win % | Versus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto Argonauts | 15 | 6 | 21 | 0.714 | Winnipeg 6; Edmonton 4; University of Toronto 3; Calgary 2; B.C. 2; Hamilton Alerts 1; Sarnia 1; Saskatchewan 1, Edmonton Esks/Elks 1 |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 13 | 9 | 22 | 0.565 | Montreal 11; Toronto 4; Ottawa 3; Hamilton 2; Winnipeg 2 |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 10 | 12 | 22 | 0.429 | Hamilton 8; Toronto 6; Edmonton 2; Calgary 2; Ottawa 2; B.C. 1; Hamilton Tigers 1 |
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 8 | 10 | 18 | 0.444 | Winnipeg 8; B.C. 3; Saskatchewan 3; Edmonton 2; Calgary 2 |
| B.C. Lions | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.556 | Hamilton 3; Montreal 2; Toronto 2; Winnipeg 1; Baltimore 1 |
| Calgary Stampeders | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.455 | Toronto 2; Hamilton 2; Winnipeg 2; Ottawa 2; Montreal 2; Baltimore 1 |
| Montreal Alouettes | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0.333 | Edmonton 11; Calgary 2; B.C. 2 |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 2 | 13 | 15 | 0.133 | Ottawa 4; Hamilton Tiger-Cats 3; Hamilton Tigers 3; Toronto 1, Toronto Balmy Beach 1; Queen's University 1: Sarnia 1; Montreal AAA 1 |
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